Waters by Denys Blakelock (12 results)

Condition: Good. 1956. No edition remarks. 38 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine. Signed with dedication from the author on front free endpaper. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning.…

Condition: Good. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 38 pages. Signed by the author. Pictorial dust jacket over patterned paper covered boards. Signed by the author with dedication to front free endpaper with letter from author inserted to ffep. Pages are lightly tanned throughout. Heavier to endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition. Light tanning to edges. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Area of loss to top of spine. Water staining to front panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). A personation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper and dated the year of publication. Slim 8vo. 38pp. Cloth-backed paper covered boards, lettered in gold at the spine and in black at the upper board. Free endpapers toned. A very good copy in good non-price-clipped dust wrapper, toned at the spine panel with two quite small areas of loss, and with a small area of biro marking to the front panel. Twenty-nine poems by the English actor and broadcaster, focusing on his Catholic faith. With a printed dedication to his close friend and late-life companion Eleanor Farjeon, who had encouraged his writing whilst he helped guide her own conversion to the Catholic Church. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, inscribed by the author on the front end paper, with a letter from him loosely inserted. Dust wrapper a bit rubbed at the edges. Signed by Author(s).

First edition, first printing. Near fine in cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine. Signed presentation copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed patterned boards. Covers and edges slightly spotted, free endpapers embrowned, dustwrapper spotted and slightly torn at head of spine. The author's first book, inscribed by him, "For Lady Keynes [either Margaret, wife of Geoffrey Keynes, or, as plausibly, Lydia Lopokova] with kind thoughts from Denys Blakelock June 1956". Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. This copy is in fine condition quarter bound in blue cloth to printed light blue paper covered board with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is a trifle dusty so best described as very good plus condition. This copy is fom the library of actress, author and playwright Gwen Cherrell (1926 - 2019) This copy has been signed "For Gwen With love from Denys 1956" on the f.e.p. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Postage will be reduced on this slim volume. Denys Blakelock was born on June 22, 1901 in London, England as Denys Martin Blakelock. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), The Happiest Days of Your Life (1949) and Henry IV (1938). He died on December 7, 1970 in London. The writing of poetry was to become an outlet for his emotions and experiences for many years. This book was his first collection. Ref K7. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Free endpapers embrowned, dustwrapper darkened at spine and a little torn at the rear cover panel. Inscribed by the author to the playwright Hugh Whitemore, "For Hugh who has a share in the poem Vacation from Denys Blakelock August 1958". The author's first collection, dedicated to Eleanor Farjeon: "Denys Blakelock, who has long won praise as an actor on the London stage, has lately found self-expression in another medium" (dustwrapper blurb). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Signed presentation copy: inscription on front free endpaper, 1956. HB. Pale green paper-covered boards, lettered and decorated in black, with blue cloth spine lettered in gilt. 38pp. Poems, many with Catholic Christian theme. Very Good. Light browning to cover edges; very browned endpapers, small mark to one page.…

First edition, first printing. Inscribed from the author to his publisher. Publisher's original quarter blue cloth with gilt titles to the spine, over light blue paper covered boards with titles in black to the upper board. Without the dustwrapper. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping and some rubbing at the extremities. The boards a little spotted. The contents, with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and some spotting to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout. Inscribed by the author in blue ink on the front endpaper "For Victor Gollancz / in admiration + gratitude / from Denys Blakelock / Feburary 16th / 1956". Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

First Edition. Signed, with included letter from the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 38 p. ; 8vo. Subjects; English literature ; 20th century. English literature. English poems. Poetry; 20th century. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Signed, with included letter from the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 38 p. ; 8vo. Subjects; English literature ; 20th century. English literature. English poems. Poetry; 20th century. 1 Kg. …